Background: Creative management and mindfulness are becoming critical to the success of future
head nurses as they will heighten cohesion, productivity, and work thriving among staff nurses, as
well as encourage nursing professional autonomy. Aim: The study aimed to assess creative
management and mindfulness and its relations to nurses` work thriving and professional nursing
autonomy. Design: Descriptive correlational design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted
in all inpatient units (55) of Benha University Hospital. Subjects: Consisted of all available head
nurses (55) and a simple random sample of 327 staff nurses out from 1800 working in the abovementioned setting. Tools of data collection: Four tools were used; Creative Management
Questionnaire, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Thriving at Work Scale, and Professional
Nursing Autonomy Scale. The results showed that more than two-thirds (70.9%, 69.1%) of head
nurses had moderate levels of perception regarding creative management, and tendency toward
mindfulness respectively. In addition, about two-thirds (64.8%) of staff nurses had moderate levels
of work thriving, and more than half (59.6%) of them had moderate perception levels regarding
professional nursing autonomy. Conclusion: The study concluded that there was a highly
statistically significant positive correlation between the total head nurses' perception of creative
management and tendency toward mindfulness and total levels of staff nurses’ work thriving and
perception of professional nursing autonomy. Recommendations: The study recommended that;
setting specific mechanisms for the selection of creative head nurses and for maintaining creative
management. In addition, developing and implementing a training program to enhance the head
nurses' mindfulness which in turn has a positive effect on nurses’ thriving at work. |
